Finding your own voice

I was looking for something on my side table and found, hidden in the back, a journal I had from July 2006 through April 2008. While reading some of the entries, I couldn't stop thinking about how different life looks when you look back. How some of the emotions or expectations are now resolved or just not as important as the looked like at that particular moment.One of the entries where my last night before heading to Atlanta to peruse a dream. If you know me, you know the story: the Unhappy engineer who left everything behind to study photography. I can't remember how terrifying and excited I was. Never before I would imagine making that decision and now was a reality. I wrote a note that night; a quote taken from the First Undergraduate Year at Harvard: A Guide for the Class of 2010:

"Finding your own voice means risking being wrong. But it is only by taking those risks that your comfort with and confidence in your own voice will grow"

Then it clicked, I haven't taken a risk in a while. I was so courageous back then, leaving everything, living the adventure. Now I have fallen in the commodity of everyday life. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing bad with everyday life, but in my case, every once in a while  I need a challenge. This year I have been tip-toeing around my business. I have been very cautious about not making a mistake, avoiding the difficult clients, etc. I have been so cautious that I have been losing myself in, Not exposing myself. Yes, I had some clients but I am nowhere close to the type of business I want. Yes, there will be difficult clients and not so perfect shots, but that is part of the growth, right?

(c) 2012 Sharma Shari Photography

Here to find the pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow, or better yet...MY OWN STRONG VOICE!Happy Monday!